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Foot Soldiers, 1632. Pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper.

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Pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper · 20 × 31.2 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title
Foot Soldiers
Artist
Adriaen Brouwer Flemish, 1605/06-1638
Date
1632
Medium
Pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
20 × 31.2 cm (7 7/8 × 12 5/16 in.)
Credit line
The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Image license
CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record
Art Institute of Chicago

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.

Foot Soldiers · Adriaen Brouwer, 1632
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